Log of dswkim.org, 2015

12:31:  Bye 2015!
12:25:  Merry Christmas!
12:21:  It rained in LA.
12:19:  It rained heavily in the evening in LA.
12:16:  US Fed Raised Key Interest Rate for First Time in Almost a Decade.
        How it would affect my life?
12:15:  Commemorated Ludwik Zamenhof was born in 1859.
12:13:  It rained in LA in the evening and got cold.
12:07:  Felt refreshed after a haircut.
12:02:  Got a new pair of glasses after 3 years.
11:26:  Happy Thanksgiving!
11:16:  Had GW 2485w monitor fixed by replacing 12 capacitors.
11:03:  35 years has passed since landing at LAX first time.
11:01:  Summer time is over and back to normal time.
10:31:  Halloween Day!
10:22:  Had two fillings done at the dentist.
        Visited Skirball Culture Center in Westwood and some murals in Santa Monica.
10:17:  Had two permanent crowns done at the dentist.
        Visited places in North Hollywood and Canoga Park.
        Drove to and visited places in Oxnard and Ventura, and visited Ventura Oil Refinery.
        Drove PCH-1 south from Ventura to LA for several hours to enjoy scenic coastal drive.
10:12:  Columbus Day! or Indigeneous Day!
10:09:  Hangul Day in Korea.
10:08:  Casted Absentee Ballot for November 5, 2015 election.
        Visited dentist's.
10:01:  Visited North Hollywood and Burbank.
9:29:  Visited dentist's for 2 crown jobs.
9:24:  Visited Apple Boulder and Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, and 
       Motte Automobile Museum in Sun City and hiked up Mount Rubidous in Riverside
       at high temperarue up to 105 F.
9:20:  Succeeded installing MacOSX 10.10 on VMware Workstation on Win64.
9:18:  Upgraded iPhone 4S and 6+ to iOS 9.
9:15:  It rained heavily over the night in LA.
9:12:  Visited Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades.
9:11:  Remember 911!
       Visited Lake Shrine Temple in Malibu and hiked beaches and trails around Malibu.
9:09:  Got root canal treatment done after spending $$$$.
       4 shots of anesthesia were so painful.
       Visited Old Merry-go-wound, and Old LA Zoo and rode mini train at Griffith Park.
       Visited Greystone Mansion and enoyed driving along Sunset Blvd.
9:07:  Labor Day!
       Visited Thai Temple in N. Hollywood and Little Armenia and some murals in Pacoima and Silverlake.
8:28:  Visited Hollywood Reservoir Park and Highland Hollywood area.
       Visited dentist's office for a root canal treatment and 3 aenesthesia shots were really painful.
8:26:  Visited Hammer Museum in Westwood, and visited Melrose Area.
       Got a new 17" Acer Aspire VN7-791G laptop.
8:25:  Visited The Spheres of MarArthur Park 2015 and Echo Park area.
8:23:  Attended Nisei Week's Ondo Parade in Little Tokyo and visited few murals in East LA.
8:13:  Visited Marconi Automobil Museum in Tustin, Irvine Museum in Irvine, Cube Discovery in Santa Ana, and
       Shutter Shack and Little Saigon in Westminster.
8:10:  Hiked to Pumpkin Rock in Corona, and visited Gumby and Indian Painted Rock in Corona, and
       BAPS in Chino Hills.
       Had Sienna's oil changed
8:09:  Visited jAdis in SM and places in Venice Beach and Culver City.
8:08:  Hanged around Melrose, Echo Park and Culver City visiting places.
8:07:  Visited Long Beach Museum of Art.
8:06:  Visited few murals in DTLA and Arts District, but due to the intense heat, I got exhausted quickly.
8:02:  My main laptop was installed with fresh Windows 10 Pro and I need to install all applications :-(
8:01:  Upgrading of main laptop to Windows 10 Pro from Windows 7 Ultimate failed somehow, and
       I had to reset all configurations of previous installation and free upgrades nullified.
7:31:  Upgraded main pc to Windows 10 Pro and it took 16+ hours with nVidia driver problems.
       Once PC got upgraded, I see little difference between Windows 10 Pro and 7 Ultimate.
7:30:  Visited Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar, and a number of murals in Pacoima, and
       Original Bob's Big Boy and few murals in Burbank in very hot 104 F.
7:19:  LA had a second day of summer rain but without thunderstorms.
7:18:  LA had a rare summer rain with thunderstorms.
7:14:  Had a dental scaling.
7:07:  Starbucks increased the price of coffees :-(
7:04:  Happy Fourth of July!
6:30:  Firt 1/2 of 2015 passed.
6:23:  Visited Torrance Art Museum.
6:11:  Big-Band Leader James Last died, whose instrumental music touched my emotion since middle school days.
       Christopher Lee died, whose character of Dracula became horro master.
6:06:  Magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit Gardena at 9:54 PM which is a couple of miles from my home.
5:29:  Visited Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach.
5:27:  Visited Rancho Los Cerritos in Long Beach.
5:26:  Visited Flight Path Learning Center and Museum near LAX.
5:25:  Memorial Day!
5:23:  Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit Baldwin Hills at 10:06 AM, several miles from my home.
5:20:  Visited Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum in San Pedro.
5:05:  Had a battery of Sienna replaced after 50 months of use.
5:03:  Magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit LA at 4:07 AM and woke me up while sleeping.
       Due to the proximity to the epicenter, it was quite shaking and scary.
4:08:  Visited Torrance Art Museum.
4:05:  Easter Sunday!
       Found Hollywood / Mann Theatre area is crowd and vibrant all the time.
4:01:  Switched to DirecTV from TWC after 7 years.
3:31:  Got a new Samsung Galaxy S5 as an upgrade.
3:30:  Got a new iPhone 6 plus as an upgrade.
3:29:  Found downtown LA was full of activities all the time, and Last Bookstore was cool.
3:28:  Spent afternoon in Redondo Beach.
3:27:  Visited Wende Museum in Culver City.
3:21:  Visited Bergamot Station Galleries, Santa Monica Museum of Art and some murals in West LA.
3:20:  Visited Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Wind Wolves Preserve and
       Carrizo Plain National Monument and registered 450 miles.
       Almost all wildflowers and poppies gone, so I ended up driving long hours.
3:19:  Spent afternoon in Hermosa Beach.
       Got a year older!
3:17:  Visited places in Long Beach.
3:14:  Visited CSU Fullerton Arboretum and Downtown Fullerton to hang aound.
3:13:  It's Friday the 13th again.
       Visited murals in Venice Beach and Los Angeles County Museum of Art again.
3:10:  Visited murals in Culver City and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
3:09:  Sad to realize I forgot French that I couldn't chat with old friends from France as we used to :-(
       With a loss of taste of the language, it seemed like our valuable shared memories were disappeared
3:08:  Visited Ed Massey's relocated mural in Marina del Rey, revamped Hayden Tract in Culver City, 
       MOCA at Pacific Design Center and Banksy's Parking mural in DTLA.
3:07:  Visited Downtown LA Arts District and Museum of Tolerance.
3:04:  Drove 530 miles visiting Salvatin Mountain and Slab City, Niland, Algodones Dunes, and
       McDonalds Museum and Oldest operating McDonalds, Downey,  due to poor planning and mishaps.
       Sometimes, nothing worked as planned and made me long detour.
3:02:  Installed new TWC modem whose max download is 50 Mbs.
3:01:  1/6 of this passed already :-(
2:27:  Visited El Segundo Museum of Art and Long Beach Museum of Art.
       Leonard Nimoy, Spock of Star Trek, passed away.
2:25:  Visited Dos Lagos Bamboo Bridge in Corona, Riverside Metropolitan Museum in Riverside, and 
       Pioneertown and Desert Christ Park in Yucca Valley.
2:19:  Happy Lunar New Year!
       Had 4 tires of Sienna rotated.
2:16:  President's Day!
2:14:  Happy Valentine's Day!
2:13:  Friday the 13th!
2:08:  Ekuan Kenji, who designed Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle, passed away.
2:06:  Visited Torrance Art Museum.
2:04:  Added favicon mini icon to www.dswkim.org.
2:01:  Installed DVI Switch to share a monitor with 3 servers.
1:30:  It rained in the afternoon.
1:27:  Experimented characteristics of light with a glass prism.
1:26:  It rained in the afternoon.
1:25:  Singer Demis Roussos passed away.
1:22:  Had a business license renewed.
1:21:  Played with Google VR Cardboard.
1:19:  Martin Luther King Day!
1:17:  Heard Robert Kinoshita, the creator of Robby the Robbot and B9 in Lost in Sapce, passed on Dec. 9, 2014.
       "lost in Space" and "Star Trek" opened kid's world beyond.
1:16:  Due to a severe flu, I lied in bed for 6 days, and saw sunlight just one hour :-(
       This was the worst flu I've ever had. 
1:10:  Updated massively to newer versions of software tools at home network and servers.
1:08:  Set up home network with VMware based OS's with RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, Solaris X86,
       FreeBSD and MacOSX.  Had Solaris zones connected to wintel OS via Samba.
1.01:  Happy New Year!

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